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Kastina doll
Arizona
Konin Katsina – Havasupai Katsina doll
Hopi
1920-1930
Carved wood (cottonwood), pigments
Height: 9 ½ – 24 cm
Provenance
Collection Barry Walsh, USA
Collection Suzanne Golt, California, acquired from the above in 2002
Publication
“The Great tradition of Hopi Katsina Carvers”, B. Walsh, Rio Nuevo, 2019, p. 22
Sold
Katsina dolls (or Katsinam) represent spirits or gods from the pantheon of the Pueblo peoples in the American Southwest. Given to children, kachina dolls constituted a teaching tool allowing them to familiarize themselves with the spiritual world and perpetuating knowledge of the founding myths on which their society was based.
This Katsina spirit represents the Havasupai, neighbors of the Hopi living in the Grand Canyon region.
This Katsina spirit represents the Havasupai, neighbors of the Hopi living in the Grand Canyon region.
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